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Shown below is an ECG depicting [[left ventricular hypertrophy]].  [Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page]
Shown below is an ECG depicting [[left ventricular hypertrophy]].  [Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page]


[[Image:LVH.png|left|350px|[[Left ventricular hypertrophy]]]]
[[Image:LVH.png|left|350px|Left ventricular hypertrophy]]


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Shown below is an ECG depicting [[left axis deviation]].  [Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page]
Shown below is an ECG depicting [[left axis deviation]].  [Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page]
[[Image:679px-LHA.png|left|350px|[[Left axis deviation]]]]
[[Image:679px-LHA.png|left|350px|Left axis deviation]]
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*[[Left atrial enlargement]]
*Left ventricular volume overload pattern (prominent [[Q wave]]s in leads [[Electrocardiogram|I]], [[Electrocardiogram|aVL]], and [[Electrocardiogram#Precordial|V3]] to [[Electrocardiogram#Precordial|V6]] and relatively small [[R wave]]s in [[Electrocardiogram#Precordial|V1]])
*Left ventricular conduction defects (typically late in the disease process)
*Re-polarization abnormalities
*[[ST-segment]] depression in precordial leads.


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Electrocardiographic abnormalities in the patient with aortic insufficiency include left ventricular hypertrophy and left axis deviation.

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In aortic regurgitation, the electrocardiographic findings are nonspecific. However, the following may be noted:


Shown below is an ECG depicting left ventricular hypertrophy. [Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page]

Left ventricular hypertrophy
Left ventricular hypertrophy

Shown below is an ECG depicting left axis deviation. [Copyleft image obtained courtesy of ECGpedia http://en.ecgpedia.org/wiki/Main_Page]

Left axis deviation
Left axis deviation

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